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Overview: Through truss bridge over Spring Creek on 1700N Road
Location: Iroquois County, Illinois
Status: Closed to all traffic after suffering damage in a car accident
History: Built 1898
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 118.4 ft.
Total length: 120.3 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.75471, -87.89956 (decimal degrees)
40°45'17" N, 87°53'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: IL 038-4038 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15328 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2003): Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002): 129